Japan July core machinery orders rise 11 pct mth/mth

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TOKYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders
rose 11.0 percent in July from the previous month, the
government said on Thursday, in a sign that capital expenditure
could pick up.
Compared with a year earlier, core orders, a highly volatile
data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the
coming six to nine months, increased 13.9 percent in July.
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(Reporting by Stanley White
Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)